Rivers PDP Elders Ganged-Up Against Me – Wike
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how some elders of the State
ganged up against him because they didn’t scale through the primary to be the
governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.
Wike explained that some of them, who indicated interest to fly
the party’s flag but failed, went to mobilize in Abuja to make sure that he
did not emerge as the running mate of
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP.
The governor disclosed
this during the 74th birthday reception organized to honor a former governor
of Rivers, Dr. Peter Odili, at his residence in Old Government Residential
Area, Port Harcourt, on Monday.
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Wike said, “On my last birthday, 12 midnight, one of our elders called me
saying that they want to see me. They came to me and said they came to wish me
a happy birthday.
“Then, they presented me with a letter that I
should run for President. All of them, including Dr. Abiye, signed the
document.
“I said ‘okay, you people too should go and give me
someone who will be governor after me.’ They all sat there, looking left and
right.
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“I asked them, ‘those of you who are interested to be governor should raise
your hands.’ Everybody raised their hand. One person didn’t raise his hand,
Senator Bari Mpigi.
“I asked why he was not interested, he
replied, ‘sir, let me hold what God has given me. I don’t want to lose the
two.”
Wike added, “Some people don’t know the history. They go and
tell all kinds of stories. But the truth is this: all of them (elders) signed
the document prepared by O.C.J. Okocha that whoever I will bring, they’ll
abide by it.
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“But now, they went to Abuja, that I must not be vice president. I also
read yesterday when I was in Paris, one of them saying that I told him that if
they do to me what they did to Dr. Odili, that I’ll collapse the system.
“I’m not an ungrateful person and I’ll never be ungrateful in my
life. What is important is that I’ve done well as a governor. I’m happy and I
am leaving the office a happy man.”
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